This luminous debut novel follows a young woman from her childhood in Vietnam to her life as an immigrant in the United States – and her necessary return to her homeland.
“[The Companion is] brilliantly achieved... Roche handles his materials well, never losing control over his narrative, keeping his reader’s attention throughout.”—The Irish Times “Masterfully written, and truly wickedly funny.”—Sunday Independent
2013, pp. 176, $ 15.00 Region: Italy Book collection: World Noir
Allusive, mysterious, rife with double-meanings, saturated with an exotic, almost esoteric musicality, Patrizia Rinaldi has found a radically new way of writing to tell the story of a thrilling new kind of heroine
New York’s five boroughs tell a million human stories of revolution, rebellion, and resistance in this singular and timely guide to the city that never sleeps.